Abstract: A tubular vascular prosthesis with a uniform velour outer layer has an elementary unit of tubing composed of a double velour outer layer, made from polyester yarn, the middle layer, made from two polyester yarns, positioned between two strained polyurethane monofilament yarns and four polyurethane yarn monofilaments, the smooth inner surface and linking of all three layers made of polyester wefts, the between filaments filled with aqueous gelatin-glycerol solution.

Abstract: The stitches of front and back knitted fabrics are overlapped with each other and bound off in the regions located on both the outermost right and left sides in a knitting width at the terminal end of the tubular knitted fabric in which the front and back knitted fabrics are continuous to each other as well as the stitches of the adjacent regions in the front and back knitted fabrics, in which the stitches of the front and back knitted fabrics are overlapped with each other and bound off between the regions, are overlapped with each other and bound off.

Abstract: An insulated knitted fabric comprises a single layer or two or more layers, wherein at least the outer layer is composed of fibers having a single filament fineness of 0.2 to 3.0 dtex; at least one layer of the knitted fabric has a stitch density of 45 courses/2.54 cm or above and 45 wales/2.54 cm or above; the air permeability of the knitted fabric is 5 to 50 cc/cm2·sec and the knitted fabric is subjected to water absorptive finish. The knitted fabric is useful as general clothes materials, sport clothes materials or the like requiring high wind-breaking property and water absorbing property.

Abstract: A three-dimensionally structured warp knitted fabric has a higher compressibility and resiliency than its conventionally available counterpart, as well as enhanced abrasion resistance to prevent fuzzing. The three-dimensionally structured warp knitted fabric includes a top substructure and a bottom substructure, either of which is a net texture, the other being a plain texture. Substructure connecting yarns connect the two substructures. A plurality of connecting yarn controlling yarns are present between the two substructures and between the substructure connecting yarns. The connecting yarn controlling yarns control the substructure connecting yarns by handling, separating and holding them. The connecting yarn controlling yarns include portions which are stitched into the plain texture side of the top or bottom substructure and portions which are floating between the top and bottom substructures.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sheet element (10) that has integrated therewith an alarm mat (2) and that is intended particularly for security containers and security spaces. The alarm mat (2) is comprised of light-conducting and/or current-conducting filaments or like devices. The alarm mat (2) includes a base mat (2a) and a supplemental mat (2b). The base mat (2a) has an essentially looped filament pattern of the kind, for instance, obtained with knitting or crocheting. The supplemental mat (2b) has a regular or irregular filament pattern. The base mat (2a) and the supplemental mat (2b) are tightly positioned together to form an alarm mat, wherewith the filament pattern of the base mat (2a) and the filament pattern of the supplemental mat (2b) deviate from totally coincidental overlap. The invention also relates to the use of the sheet element (10) as casing material in a container (20) or in a space intended for the storage of theft-attractive objects or the like.

Abstract: A cleaning material or a sealing material is attached to a supporting body facing a moving body that contacts microscopic particles. The cleaning material or the sealing material has a ground fabric formed with a knit fabric. The knit fabric is obtained through warp knitting ground yarns. Pile yarns are raised on the ground fabric. The pile yarns slide on the moving body to scrape off the microscopic particles on the moving body, thereby cleaning the surface of the moving body. The pile yarns also blocks flow of microscopic particles through the space between the moving body and the supporting body and collect the particles.

Abstract: A lint-free wiper of the present invention is formed of a fabric containing no cut face in the structure thereof which may cause the generation of lint and fiber fall-off. Accordingly, the wiper can be used in a high-grade clean room of at least Class 100 without fear of dust generation. Since the dust-generation suppressing function is based on the fabric end structure formed of yarn loops, the wiper can be produced while eliminating fusion-bonding or an adhesion treatment of the cut face of the fabric. Therefore, the lint-free wiper can be composed of any materials including non-thermoplastic cellulosic fibers or others.

Abstract: A blanket fabric comprises a weft knitted support substrate and an overfed looped yarn weft knitted into the substrate. A portion of the loops are pulled from the face side of the substrate to the opposite side and mechanically loosened to an exceptional degree. Each side of the blanket is sheared to provide even surfaces. The blanket fabric is preferably made with only two weft knitted yarns. The method of making the blanket comprises the steps of simultaneous weft knitting a support substrate and an overfed looped weft knitted yarn into the substrate. A portion of the loops are then pulled from the face side of the substrate to the opposite side and mechanically loosened. Both sides of the fabric are then sheared to provide an even surface on each side.

Abstract: A knitted convolute protective sleeve is disclosed. The sleeve is knitted from filamentary members to form alternating crests and troughs lengthwise along the sleeve. The crests and troughs may be formed by alternatingly knitting segments from relatively stiff and relatively flexible filamentary members, by interlacing stiffening hoops at spaced intervals lengthwise along a knitted sleeve having a smaller nominal diameter than the hoops, or by varying the knitting parameters, such as loop density and loop length as a function of length along the sleeve.

Abstract: A moldable fabric for a garment component (such as a brassiere cup) is made by using standard knitting techniques (such as Simplex) using a combination of thermoplastic and elastomeric yarns. The fabric is knitted and processed in a manner that imparts it with isometric stretching properties.

Abstract: An openwork tubular knitted fabric formed of closely knitted, fine gauge yarns formed into knitted loops utilizing at least 11 needles per inch and having at least 25 courses per inch. The fabric is formed by using needles having a hook formed in a top end of a needle shank and a latch pivotally mounted on the needle shank below the hook for opening and closing the hook, and including a deflector for deflecting a loop of yarn being formed by a needle into the vertical plane of an adjacent needle, and a needle cam mounted for reciprocal movement between first and second vertically-spaced positions. The fabric is characterized by having a fine, dense background with small, closely-spaced holes which enable a highly-detailed pattern suitable for a wide range of undergarments and hosiery products. The density and fineness of the fabric provides both the comfort and lack of show through necessary for many garments of this type.

Abstract: A circular knit blank for use in the manufacture of undergarments, and the garments so manufactured have a circular knit body, and a reinforcement area or areas. The body has a graded stitch density. The reinforcement area or areas have increased stitch density with resultant shorter stretch and higher modulus formed by shortening the stitch lengths during the knitting process. The garment also has a waist band and leg bands formed using a turned welt. The garment may also have a knitted-in stitch pattern design in the body and reinforcement areas formed using miss positive float combination stitching.

Abstract: A cloth member for use in surgical operations includes a fluid absorbing device attached on a base member for absorbing the fluid or the water or the blood or the other fluid substances generated during the surgical operations that may contain various kinds of germs. The fluid absorbing device includes a water-proof layer attached to the base member, and a cover layer and one or more intermediate layers attached to the water-proof layer for absorbing the fluid. The cover layer includes a number of hairy members formed for spoiling a surface tension of the fluid.

Abstract: A bedsheet formed from a knitted fabric comprised of two yarn types wherein at least one yarn type is made of an elastomeric fiber and the other yarn type is made of a substantially non-elastic fiber. In the preferred embodiment, one yarn type is a blend of polyester and cotton and the other yarn type is spandex. This overall blend of spandex and poly-cotton fibers creates a knitted fabric having resilience, elasticity and versatility beyond that of a traditional poly-cotton blend fabric. This knitted fabric can then be used to produce sheeting materials, such as fitted contour sheets, which retain shape better, are more easily handled, and have a greater life that standard poly-cotton blend sheets.

Abstract: A radially expandable stent-graft endoprosthesis is provided. The graft included in the stent-graft is a knitted tubular structure circumferentially disposed and securably attached to the stent. The knitted tubular structure has a knit pattern of interlacing yarns in an Atlas or a modified-Atlas pattern to provide greater than 150 percent longitudinal stretchability. A knitted tubular graft and a knitted medical fabric with greater than 150 percent longitudinal stretchability are also provided.

Abstract: This knitted boxer comprises a shorts part (3) forming two leg openings and a crotch part; the crotch part is made of a knitted part of two adjacent pieces of different tension, with a pinched piece (25) sewn onto a front seam (10) connecting the two leg openings and a non-pinched part sewn onto a rear seam connecting the two leg openings, the rear seam being longer than the front seam.

Abstract: A method of knitting knitwear comprises the joining knit step comprising the step that whenever an adequate number of courses of the front body 3a and the back body 3b are knitted by using different yarn feeders, both right and left sleeves 5, 7 are shifted to the body side and joined together; and the step that when the front body 3a and the back body 3b are knitted by different feed yarns, respectively, and the yarn is fed to either of the right and left sleeves 5, 7 to form stitches in the next course, split knit is provided for stitches of the front sleeves 5a, 7a and back sleeves 5b, 7b at side ends thereof on the body side and then the stitches formed by the split knit are laid over the stitches of the different courses in the bodies 3a, 3b, respectively, to join together the sleeves 5, 7 and the body 3.

Abstract: A cleaning material or a sealing material is attached to a supporting body facing a moving body that contacts microscopic particles. The cleaning material or the sealing material has a ground fabric formed with a knit fabric. The knit fabric is obtained through warp knitting ground yarns. Pile yarns are raised on the ground fabric. The pile yarns slide on the moving body to scrape off the microscopic particles on the moving body, thereby cleaning the surface of the moving body. The pile yarns also blocks flow of microscopic particles through the space between the moving body and the supporting body and collect the particles.

Abstract: A roofing membrane is provided including a weft insertion warp knit fabric substrate having continuous filament warp yarns of polyester, polyamide or other suitable synthetic material, continuous filament weft yams of the same or different synthetic material as the warp yams, the warp yams and/or weft yams having a predetermined twist therein, and knit yams warp knit in a chain stitch pattern binding the warp and weft yams together.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a peak-integrated type cap that can reduce the number of sewing processes required is provided. The method includes the steps of: forming one side of a head fitting part in an one-to-one knitting pattern, while forming a peak on the center thereof in a plain knitting pattern, the peak formed by using a select knitting manner where it is decreased in width and increased at the time of reaching a predetermined width and also knitted by connecting the both peripheries thereof such that it is generally in the shape of a pocket; forming a folding part such that the other side of the head fitting part knitted in abutment with the one side thereof is easily folded; and forming the root part of the peak, while the other side of the head fitting part is being formed.

Abstract: A warp knit elastic band that includes at least one and preferably two filler yarns knitted into the band on an outside surface thereof adjacent either the back weft yarn or the front weft yarn to provide a softer feel and a thicker construction. A method for manufacturing the elastic band is also disclosed in which at least one and preferably two filler yarns are laid into the band adjacent either the back weft yarn or the front weft yarn on a side thereof opposite the elastomer threads. An apparatus for manufacturing an elastic band is also disclosed in which four and preferably five weft insertion bars are used in the following sequence to form a warp knitted elastic band: a first weft yarn bar, an elastomer thread bar, a second weft yarn bar, a first filler yarn bar and a second filler yarn bar.

Abstract: At least three bind-off courses are formed starting at not less than three loops, i.e., loops of the first and second knitted fabrics at side ends thereof on the side on which the knitting of a tubular fabric is finished in the region of the binding-off process, and a loop adjoining to the loop of at least either of the first and second knitted fabrics at the side end. The loop of the bind-off course formed is laid over the loop of the last course of the opposite knitted fabric in such a manner that while being formed, the respective bind-off courses can be allowed to extend in zigzag from the first knitted fabric to the second knitted fabric and vice versa, ranging over the region of the binding-off process, to be crossed with each other. As a result of this knitting, no undesirable gap is produced between the joined knitted fabrics and also an undesirable stretch of the fabric at the joints is suppressed.

Abstract: This invention relates to the utilization of a warp knitting machine for the manufacturing of open or closed tubes for protecting cables, conduits and the like, mainly for the protection of automobile cables.

Abstract: A circular knit blank for use in the manufacture of undergarments, and the garments so manufactured have a tubular knit body, preferably having an elastomeric yarn on selected courses. The tubular body has at least one area of control that has a stitch pattern increasing the modulus by about 8%, to provide a balance of comfort and control. The stitch pattern is preferably a float stitch combination pattern that is an alternating knit, miss or tuck stitch pattern.

Abstract: The invention relates to a knitted seat cover, in the knit of which a bead or tubular knit is joined integrated at least in part in the region of contour lines to simultaneously mask and protect the contour lines.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for securing a two-layered knitted fabric to a support such as one required to secure seat covers to supports. A first fastening element (14) is placed between the two layers (12, 13) of the knitted fabric while a second fastening element is placed on or in the support. A connecting element is stretched between the first and second fastening element, whereby the first end of said connecting element can be fixed onto the first fastening element and the second end can be fixed onto the second fastening element. The inventive arrangement enables a cover to be fixed onto a support in a quick and effective manner without manufacturing said cover by approaching fastening elements at low machine running times.

Abstract: This knit is produced on the basis of a biocompatible polymer material monofilament, whose pattern is defined by a front lap and a rear lap of yarns knitted together and determines a plurality of cells each having a substantially polygonal shape. The pattern gives the knit a multidirectional tensile behavior such as obtained by a front lap capable of being obtained by knitting according to a scheme 5-4/4-3/2-1/0-1/1-2/3-4 and by a rear lap capable of being obtained by knitting according to a scheme 0-1/1-2/3-4/5-4/4-3/2-1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the process for producing knitted fabrics, in particular seat covers having integrated fasteners. The object of the invention is to improve upon a process of this type so that stable fasteners can be quickly incorporated into a knitted fabric without the need for a great deal of additional work. To accomplish this, at least one connecting piece made of a thermoplastic material is integrated into the knitted fabric by knitting it into said knitted fabric, and it is then subjected to a thermal treatment in order to form a fastener from the connecting piece.

Abstract: A method of producing a two-ply knit for a seat cover in a flat bed machine includes knitting tightly with a front needle bed in a first group of wales, with a rear needle bed in a second group of wales, and with the front needle bed in a third group of wales, where the second group is between the first and third groups, and knitting loosely with the rear needle bed in the first group of wales, with the front needle bed in the second group of wales, and with the rear needle bed in the third group of wales.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for integrating fasteners into a knitted seat cover for attachment to a seat-cover support by means of a flatbed knitting machine, whereby fastening areas are provided on the side of the seat cover facing the support for attachment to said support while the seat cover is being knitted and said fastening areas interact with additional fastening areas on the support of the seat cover. According to the invention, the fastening areas on the seat cover are embodied as flat velcro structures (hook and loop closures) while the loop areas of the velcro structures are knitted and integrated into the seat cover as flat surfaces during the manufacture thereof. Hook areas of the velcro structure provided on the seat cover are formed by knitting and integrating a hard or hardenable monofilament in the form of loops that protrude towards the support and are subsequently cut or cut during knock-over/after knock-over of the stitches from the needles of the flatbed knitting machine.

Abstract: A method for making sponge-effect knitted fabric using needles on the roll of a circular machine for hosiery or knitwear which uses a skipped needle knitted fabric making procedure to selectively work an elastic or stretch thread and a non-elastic thread together or the one separately from the other. A manufactured product is also obtained with one or more designed parts made up of sponge-effect fabric of piles or loops in relief formed by selectively working one or the other of the two starting threads.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for making a woven or knitted fabric with an excellent water transition ability, involving the steps of fabricating a woven or knitted fabric having a double weave structure by use of a polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) filament for one surface of said fabric and a divided PET/nylon-conjugated fiber for the other surface of said fabric, and subjecting said fabric to a weight loss finishing process. Since the fabric has a void size difference between the surfaces thereof in accordance with the weight loss finishing process, it can externally discharge, at a high velocity, moisture absorbed therein.

Abstract: A fitted bed sheet having a stretchable knit construction that includes inherent elastic qualities sufficient to enable the bed sheet to be stretched over and around a mattress. Specifically, the fitted bed sheet is of a knit construction and includes a series of knitted loop courses formed by yarns knitted into a series of consecutive loops. Formed at selected intervals between the knitted loop courses is a series of intermediate courses. Each intermediate course is disposed between one or more knitted loop courses and formed by a repeating pattern of knit, miss and tuck stitches. This particular construction results in an inherently elastic or stretchable knit construction that permits the fitted sheet to be pulled and stretched over a mattress without requiring a sewn-in elastic band.

Abstract: A knitted web and a method for making the same includes a plurality of wipers, each having a wiper body with a length defined between finished leading and trailing edges and a width defined between opposed, selvaged side edges. The wipers are knitted with continuous yarns, including a primary yarn and a reinforcing yarn, and a separable portion is knitted between individual wipers using a dissociable yarn. Loose primary and reinforcing yarns extending between wipers are cut and the dissociable yarn is removed from between the wipers to separate the web into individual wipers with edges that require no edge treatment to prevent raveling.

Abstract: A knitting article is produced on a flat knitting machine with at least two needle beds by providing a knitted article with at least one button-shaped knitted stitch structure as a fastener, and converting the structure into several successive rows by knitting with a local stitch aggregation. Also, the stitch structure can be produced by a wedge forming technique with subsequent closing with a knitted-in knot thread. Also, the stitch structure can be formed by knitting with a small knitting strip connected at both ends with the knitted article.

Abstract: A thread and a fabric are provided which are capable of being dyed to have a desired color and are formed of a metal-plated yarn excellent in antibacterial and electro-magnetic shielding properties. The thread for achieving this object is a composite thread (1) consisting of a chain stitch yarn (3) formed of a dyeable yarn and a metal-plated yarn (2) inserted as a core yarn into the chain stitch yarn (3). A fabric or a weft-knit product formed of the composite yarn (1) is excellent in antibacterial and electro-magnetic shielding properties and capable of having a favorable appearance of desired color. If the metal-plated yarn is directly arranged in the warp-knit fabric, the metal-plated yarn (51, 52, 53, 54) is preferably inserted to be invisible to a human eye from the surface of the warp-knit fabric.

Abstract: The heterogeneous knitted fabric comprises metal fibres and other fibres. The fabric has a single knitted layer structure in which yarns with a high metal fibre content are situated towards one surface and yarns with a low metal fibre content are situated towards the other surface.

Abstract: A textile fabric for dissipating electrostatic charges achieves remarkably low surface resistivity by forming into a fabric ground structure a matrix of electrically conducted yarns wherein electrical connections between the yarns are made by plural successive interconnections of two electrically conductive yarns, e.g., by plating electrically conductive yarns across multiple successive stitches in a knitted fabric ground structure.

Abstract: A method of knitting an elastic drawcord product and an elastic band and drawcord composite product are described. The method involves knitting a pair of elastic webs in a laterally spaced relationship to each other, and securing a drawcord within the space between the elastic webs by way of first and second tying yarns. The first tying yarn reciprocates across the space between the first and second elastic webs and is alternatively secured to the side edges thereof along the front face of the elastic webs. The second tying yarn reciprocates across the space between the first and second elastic webs and is alternatively secured to the side edges thereof along the rear face of the webs, and the drawcord is secured between the two elastic webs and the first and second tying yarns.

Abstract: A three-bar polyester tricot warp knit fabric for use in a radar dispersion fabric having patterns stitched on the three bars as indicated: Bar I 2-3/4-3/1-0/3-4/2-3/5-4/2-3/5-6/8-9/6-5/3-2/5-4 Bar II 7-6/4-3/1-0/3-4/7-6/4-5/7-6/5-6/8-9/6-5/7-6/4-5 Bar III 4-5/6-7/8-9/7-6/5-4/4-5/5-4/3-2/1-0/2-3/4-5/5-4

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for creating knitted garments comprising steps of forming an entirely deployed pattern having a deployed shape which can be obtained by flattening an entire predetermined three-dimensional design of a garment to be knitted, dividing the entirely deployed pattern into a plurality of divided areas to form pattern pieces, creating knitted pieces which conform to each shape of the pattern pieces, and forming the predetermined design of garments by joining the knitted pieces to each other based on an arrangement of the divided areas. According to the present invention, since the entirely deployed pattern is formed based on the three-dimensional design which fits to the contours of the wearer, the knitted garment snugly fits and allows easy movement of the body.

Abstract: A method of knitting an elastic drawcord product and an elastic band and drawcord composite product are described. The method involves knitting a pair of elastic webs in a laterally spaced relationship to each other, and securing a drawcord within the space between the elastic webs by way of first and second tying yarns. The first tying yarn reciprocates across the space between the first and second elastic webs and is alternatingly secured to the side edges thereof along the front face of the elastic webs. The second tying yarn reciprocates across the space between the first and second elastic webs and is alternatingly secured to the side edges thereof along the rear face of the webs, and the drawcord is secured between the two elastic webs and the first and second tying yarns.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a—more particularly multi-ply—knit having definably variable transverse stability and transverse elasticity including a basic weave in at least one ply of the knit, the basic weave comprising a succession of first courses in which most of the active needles are used in forming a loop and second courses predominantly comprising floats having a spacing length of at least two active needles, successive sequences of first and second courses being selected in keeping with the requirements as to the transverse elasticity and transverse stability of the knit, whereby the proportion of the first courses in the more elastic knit portions is higher than in the transverse stable portions of the knit.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polyester textile fabric having a relatively low level of particulate contaminates and high absorbency is provided by heatsetting the fabric at a temperature of 300° F. or less.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a knitted article such as a beret. The method is for an article knitted by means of a knitting machine having two rectilinear needle beds, including a front bed and a back bed, at least one of the two beds being capable of racking, the beds also being provided with respective needles enabling stitches to be transferred from one bed to the other. The article being knitted is processed until there remain on the beds only two edges to be assembled together. Those two edges are assembled together by knitting a chain-stitch seam directed towards the inside of the article.

Abstract: For a selected collar stay, i.e., 0.375 inches in width, for a shirt knitted with selectively sized wales, i.e., 0.10 inches in width, a pocket for the stay also knitted but with selectively narrower wales, i.e., 0.025 inches in width, so that predictably a number of wales, i.e., 14 in number, produces a width of the pocket approximately equal to the width of the stay to minimize movement of the stay within the pocket.

Abstract: A knit necktie which is entirely formed from a tubular knit fabric knitted continuously and has a triangular apron tipping portion which is formed from a triangular bag-shaped knit fabric formed by raising needles in a semicircle of a circular knitting machine to a non-knitting level and starting semicircle knitting by forward and reverse rotation of a cylinder, decreasing stitches one by one stitch on each of the opposite left and right sides for each one forward and reverse rotation, repeating the decreasing step until only two central stitches remain, thereafter increasing the stitches one by one stitch on each of the opposite left and right sides for each one forward and reverse rotation of the cylinder, and repeating the increasing step.

Abstract: A knitted fabric comprised of two yarn types wherein at least one yarn type is made of an elastomeric fiber and the other yarn type is made of a substantially non-elastic fiber. In the preferred embodiment, one yarn type is a blend of polyester and cotton and the other yarn type is spandex. This overall blend of spandex and poly-cotton fibers creates a knitted fabric having resilience, elasticity and versatility beyond that of a traditional poly-cotton blend fabric. This knitted fabric can then be used to produce sheeting materials, such as fitted contour sheets, which retain shape better, are more easily handled, and have a greater life that standard poly-cotton blend sheets.

Abstract: A stent is made of a fabric interlaced in a knitting machine. The knitting machine receives a plurality of fabric strands and at least one wire strand from spools and knits them into a tubular fabric stent having at least one reinforcing wire interwoven in the fabric. If desired, the spool carrying the wire may rotate more slowly than the yarn spools so that the wire is braided about the yarn locking the yarn together. The wire may be made of materials such as Stainless Steel, Tungsten, Titanium, NITINOL a nickel-titanium alloy, Gold or Silver.

Abstract: An absorbent body for medical use made of 100% cotton fibers. This absorbent body is distinguished by an upper and a lower cover layer of the cotton fibers made by intermeshing, defining a space therebetween in which the cotton fibers are oriented approximately vertically with respect to the intermeshing.